Sam Fender debuts new single ‘Play God’ and announces UK tour

Sam Fender has unveiled his latest single ‘Play God, as well as announcing details of a UK tour for later this year.

The latest offering from the Brits Critics Choice Award winner sees him tackling the state of the world, while providing it with a dystopian twist. It’s a re-release for Fender, after ‘Play God’ was initially the singer’s debut single in 2017.

“Play God is set in an alternate dystopian reality that shares similarities with our own world,” explained Fender.

“I wrote it a couple of years ago where there were a lot of big changes happening in both the UK and the States, I had just entered my twenties, I was anxious about the future of the world and its leaders, and it didn’t help that I’d just read George Orwell’s 1984 at the time. As you can imagine, I was pretty paranoid!”

“I am truly humbled to win The BRITs Critics’ Choice Award,” said Fender. “Being nominated was crazy enough, never mind winning it. I’m so grateful to everyone back home for believing, and to my band and team for all their hard work. We’ve played literally hundreds of shows this year, and we’re going to go even harder in 2019.”